Flower

We almost lost Flower today. We came home from an appointment and as soon as we walked in the front door I went to the bathroom and of course Flower was so happy to see us she followed me in and the door was closed and she was stuck in there with me. I got out and she left and went in the living room and I went into my room and I remember seeing her eating a treat on the living room floor. About 20 minutes later I was still in my room and Chip came in to ask me if I've seen her and I said yeah, the last time i saw her she was in the living room with you. Just then the doorbell rang, some guy was walking in front of our house and saw a little toy chihuahua walking around on the corner and he picked her up and brought her to us. OMG We are so lucky. She doesn't have a collar, no tag because Chip doesn't want to spend the $5 for a tag. She could've gotten hit by a car. She's not a very bright dog, there is no telling what could've happened. I mean, she let a stranger pick her up, that tells you how friendly she is and someone could've just taken her home with them. We could've lost her forever. Never take things for granted.

Craft-Lite Cutter

I bought this Craft-Lite Cutter from Publishers Clearing House some time in December. Yeah I know I could buy it at Walgreens and save money on shipping but I was trying to get good credit with PCH so hopefully some day I might win. I will be in shock if I ever do win. But anyway, I ordered it in December with the mail in things they send me which by the way I stopped sending in because of that one thing that I never got. Well, I finally got it today in the mail. I do like it, it takes 3 AA batteries but since i have a solar charger it powers it up so no need for batteries. Sorry battery industry. I'm not going to waste good money buying batteries to cut paper lol. I'd rather the sun took care of that job for me.

Allergies

I don't know if it's allergies or if i'm coming down with a cold but I've been sneezing all day long, my nose is so stuffed up and it itches. I'm not feeling like I have a cold, you know that feeling where your skin hurts and you are groggy and just don't feel like getting out of bed. I think it might be allergies instead. I think it's the dog because ever since we got her I've been sniffling more than normal and blowing my nose a lot and sneezing. I think it's her. I've taken 4 claritins today and I've used doctor prescribed nasal spray and that's not even working at all. I refuse to use 4-way nasal spray because I become addicted with that stuff and there is no end to it. I wouldn't say addicted, I would say that it helps at first and then you are using it more and more because it works for so long and then every time it works less time and you use more and it just goes on and on until you are on it for 6 months and you can't stop because if you stop then you can't ever breathe unless you use it. And when you do decide enough is enough you have to suffer for days until you can breathe normally again. No thank you. I will just cut out the middle man and suffer now rather than wait 6 months.

Off The Grid... Well, Sort of

I bought a solar charger that is small enough to put in your pocket and can charge your cell phone or ipod or psp or any device that has a a/c plug in it. You can charge it in the sun which takes about 6-8 hours to fully charge it or you can plug it in to the a/c or the car cigarette lighter and it will charge in 4-5 hours which kinda defeats the whole purpose of being off the grid but what can you do eh? The reason I bought it is because it is portable and there have been a few times when my phone died because I forgot to charge it and I ended up in need of some way to keep the battery alive while still being able to leave the car (charger) to go into a building or something and still have the ability to make a phone call.